Solving Student Check-Out Problem

Mrs. Deep has had a very serious problem with a 3rd grade boy, we'll call him Robert, and his AR books. He is a very irresponsible boy and does not take care of his books. Currently, 3rd grade teachers are allowing students to check out 3 books at a time. Robert has lost 2 of these books and destroyed the other. Mrs. Deep can't just not allow him to not check out books because AR is part of his Reading grade. Therefore, she was stumped and wanted me to come throw out a few ideas to her.

My initial idea, allow his older brother to hold on to the books and watch him closely when he read them at home, was shut down. Placing more responsibility on the brother is not fair. Also, the brother doesn't have the greatest track record either. My second idea was to allow Robert to check out just one book at a time. The book would not be able to go home with him. He would need to check the book out and leave it in his Reading teacher's room at all times. Robert can read this book during AR time in class as well as in the morning before intervention time. After he takes a test on the book, he will be able to go to the library and return it and get himself another book to keep in the classroom. Mrs. Deep thought that this was a great idea. The Reading teacher agreed to keep the book on the front board in her classroom.